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Shelf Adventure posted:If you look at how big all of Nintendo's Mario games are it's really surprising. I think New Super Mario Brothers Wii was only 300 Megabytes or something. Mario 64 is tiny too. Really, when you strip cut scenes and audio out of most games they get amazingly tiny. Even the biggest games wind up being only a couple of gigabytes when these are removed. The biggest required assets to play a game are the textures (though obviously you wouldn't want to lose the audio, it's often left uncompressed these days). From what I can tell Metroid: Other M is the largest single game that Nintendo had released until the Wii U came along and that's almost entirely on the fact that it's got about three hours of cut scenes.
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Patter Song posted:Happy 2nd birthday, Wii U! On this day two years all of the internet claimed Nintendo was doomed due to the system having a day one 5GB update.
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Nov 18, 2014 18:33
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Patter Song posted:Happy 2nd birthday, Wii U! We had some turbulence along the way, but now we're all sippin' on dat gaming ambrosia. Keep it up, Nintendo!
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Nov 18, 2014 18:53
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Pomp posted:I don't know if smash is as sensitive to it as traditional fighting games, but please don't play fighting games on a wireless connection. I'm gonna do it
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Nov 18, 2014 19:52
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I bought my WiiU at launch, it owned then and it still owns now.
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Nov 18, 2014 21:33
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Pomp posted:I don't know if smash is as sensitive to it as traditional fighting games, but please don't play fighting games on a wireless connection. The ethernet adapter is absolute hot wet garbage with a lower transfer rate then your average home wifi
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Nov 18, 2014 21:33
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Watch Dogs WiiU footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqmTMENWTmA Doesn't look terrible, but it's still watchdogs..
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Nov 18, 2014 21:43
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Blackbelt Bobman posted:I bought my WiiU at launch, it owned then and it still owns now. The initial copy-over from the Wii and the first update patch took forever, but agreed. Even back then, NintendoLand and the Wii U Arkham were plenty for me.
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Nov 18, 2014 22:03
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Long John Power posted:Nintendo actually recommend the ethernet adapter for smash. Excellent, thanks.
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Nov 18, 2014 22:11
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.TakaM posted:Watch Dogs WiiU footage: It looks really slick, but I haven't played the game at all. What's wrong with it?
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Nov 18, 2014 22:24
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Blackbelt Bobman posted:It looks really slick, but I haven't played the game at all. What's wrong with it? Bland story, repetitive side quests, and unlikeable main character. It's aggressively mediocre. The AR games are the best part of Watch_Dogs.
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Nov 18, 2014 22:27
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Man, I'm really glad Captain Toad is coming out before the end of the year. That's gonna be $39.99, right? It'll be just enough to get me a 21st Digital Deluxe code.
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Nov 18, 2014 22:29
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jivjov posted:Man, I'm really glad Captain Toad is coming out before the end of the year. That's gonna be $39.99, right? It'll be just enough to get me a 21st Digital Deluxe code. WiiU games are usually more than that.
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Nov 18, 2014 22:31
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jivjov posted:That's gonna be $39.99, right? It'll be just enough to get me a 21st Digital Deluxe code. Yup. It's a shame that it's ending. It's awesome how even free games from promotions and Club Nintendo counted for the DPP.
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Nov 18, 2014 22:31
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Ivy posted:WiiU games are usually more than that. This one is $40.
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Nov 18, 2014 22:32
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Blackbelt Bobman posted:It looks really slick, but I haven't played the game at all. What's wrong with it? I don't know, I enjoyed it. A lot of people complained about the driving controls, but I had no issue with them. The lower end cars have bad control, but there's usually always a nice car around somewhere. The story isn't the greatest, but again I didn't mind it. I think the game gets a bad rap. Has some of the best side-mission mini-games that I have ever played in a game like this. Edit: The radio soundtrack kind of sucked, but it has Wu-Tang's C.R.E.A.M and that's pretty much all you need. katkillad2 fucked around with this message at 22:52 on Nov 18, 2014 |
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SeANMcBAY posted:Yup. It's a shame that it's ending. It's awesome how even free games from promotions and Club Nintendo counted for the DPP. Yeah, I had a minor heart attack when I saw how many codes I had earned, but then I remembered that I had gotten a bunch of Club Nintendo stuff that counted.
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elf help book posted:This one is $40. Yep, probably because it doesn't have as much content (although from what they've shown it seems to have plenty for loving 40 bucks)
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Nov 18, 2014 22:57
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Blackbelt Bobman posted:It looks really slick, but I haven't played the game at all. What's wrong with it? In addition to it being mostly boring, it's an extreme example of deceiving trailers. The 2012 reveal at e3 looked amazing, and then the finished product looked pretty bad. GTAV on ps3 looks significantly better than Watch Dogs on ps4.
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Nov 18, 2014 23:07
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Macaluso posted:Best thing about Nintendo is they aren't afraid to use colors in their games. Actually Nintendo is racist. fyi
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Nov 18, 2014 23:11
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Jesus Christ, does every Ubisoft protagonist have to be an amoral psychopath? That looks loving dreadful. Who would wanna play as this rear end in a top hat?
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Nov 18, 2014 23:23
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Beyond Good and Evil 2 will feature Jade running scandalous exposes against all the other Ubi characters
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Nov 18, 2014 23:24
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That would actually be really neat. I for some reason love every instance of photography in games with decent design, from BG&E to Myst III. The recording mechanic in A Mind Forever Voyaging also sticks in my mind as a really fun and different thing. Need more games like that. They should really do a Hitman knockoff where you are an investigative reporter instead.
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Nov 18, 2014 23:31
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Since it's the Wii U's two year birthday let's post how the Wii U has impacted your life. The Wii U has made me seriously reconsider the layout of my house to get Wii U signal to my gamepad in the bathroom so I can poop and play Wii U.
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Nov 18, 2014 23:32
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Wildtortilla posted:Since it's the Wii U's two year birthday let's post how the Wii U has impacted your life. It's made me realize that Off-TV play is something I don't think I can live without now.
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Nov 18, 2014 23:38
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All Frogs posted:It's made me realize that Off-TV play is something I don't think I can live without now. Me too. It changed my life by allowing me to hook up an at home game console in my car for my kids during road trips.
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Nov 18, 2014 23:54
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Blackbelt Bobman posted:I bought my WiiU at launch, it owned then and it still owns now. Sup launch Wii U buddy?  I loved the Wii U then and I love it even more now. Off TV play is definitely the most surprising thing I never even knew I wanted and now can't live without.
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Wildtortilla posted:Since it's the Wii U's two year birthday let's post how the Wii U has impacted your life. Its the first non-handheld Nintendo console that's really been 'my' console in the house. It's weird, but it does also make the chances I get to play with others on it all the more notable, since most of the games we get now on anything else are single player - or single player focused. It also hits right as I'm becoming more critical of gaming hardware and such, and so through its sheer oddity - relatively underpowered, has a unique control scheme, comes from the most experienced of the three major companies - it makes quite the interesting case study, I find. It's particularly highlighted, for me, the enjoyment of various small 'creature comforts', as it were, that may not necessarily be easy to advertise, but certainly make it more easily accessible and useful. That and it gave me the Wonderful 101. Can't argue with that.
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I bought a launch model, but then traded it in for a PS3 like two months later. Played the poo poo out of that for a year and then came back. Best part is that the digital games I bought the first time were credited to my account the second time around, so I got the digital promotion credit for them.
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Nov 19, 2014 00:10
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Astro Nut posted:That and it gave me the Wonderful 101. Can't argue with that. 
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Has anyone tried one of the eBay Wii U Pro Controller knock offs? How do you like it and is it very similar to the actual product, fit, finish and battery life? I'm looking at this one in particular, it seems to have a lot of sales: http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Black-H...=item27e1821776
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Nov 19, 2014 00:21
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I bought my deluxe model shortly after launch. Nintendoland was the go-to game for quite a while thanks to the excellent multiplayer, 5 player Sonic Racing was pretty great too. The browser is actually one of my favourite features, having the second screen is what makes it so good. My flatmate has a WiiU too, so the gamepads get pretty good coverage throughout the house. When they allowed Wii games to display on the gamepad we started playing Brawl in the garage every day at 4:20
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I am seriously considering the Wii U to be the companion console to my PC this generation but besides bayonetta i am really not seeing too much reason to get one. The problem may lie in my lack of interest in first party nintendo titles, Think it is worth a gamble anyway?
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Nov 19, 2014 00:36
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DerVerrater posted:I am seriously considering the Wii U to be the companion console to my PC this generation but besides bayonetta i am really not seeing too much reason to get one. If you don't care about Nintendo games then why bother getting the Nintendo console?
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Nov 19, 2014 00:38
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So an unprecedented credit increase took place today and I might reward myself with pre-ordering Smash Bros. with the main draw being online play. Are the 8-player battles online as well? Am I dumb for wanting to use the Wii U gamepad or the Wii Remote + Nunchuck combo if the last Smash game I played extensively was Melee?
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Nov 19, 2014 00:42
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DerVerrater posted:The problem may lie in my lack of interest in first party nintendo titles, Think it is worth a gamble anyway? I don't know why else you would buy it.
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Nov 19, 2014 00:42
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Charles Martel posted:So an unprecedented credit increase took place today and I might reward myself with pre-ordering Smash Bros. with the main draw being online play. Are the 8-player battles online as well? Am I dumb for wanting to use the Wii U gamepad or the Wii Remote + Nunchuck combo if the last Smash game I played extensively was Melee? Eight player smash can't be done online. It'd probably be really laggy, so maybe that's just as well.
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DerVerrater posted:I am seriously considering the Wii U to be the companion console to my PC this generation but besides bayonetta i am really not seeing too much reason to get one. What exactly are you gambling on? 
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Charles Martel posted:So an unprecedented credit increase took place today and I might reward myself with pre-ordering Smash Bros. with the main draw being online play. Are the 8-player battles online as well? Am I dumb for wanting to use the Wii U gamepad or the Wii Remote + Nunchuck combo if the last Smash game I played extensively was Melee? Not to go all BFC on you but just because you have more credit doesn't make it a good idea to use it. Having a higher loan cap just means the credit companies think you can afford to keep yourself afloat while further in the hole But to answer the questions, no and yes
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katkillad2 posted:I don't know why else you would buy it. Yeah i was worried about that, I would probably get smash but very rarely these days do i have people over to enjoy drunken times like with brawl. I kind of like the ideas i see in the console but if there is no 3rd party it will be like my GameCube and just a paperweight mainly.
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